Landing a remote job is getting competitive — here's how to stand out as an applicant – CNBC

If you’re a typical office worker, you’ve gotten a taste of working from home over the last two years of the pandemic. But as some businesses return to offices, you might want to move on to a company that’s offering remote work permanently.It’s true that remote and hybrid jobs are becoming more common, but the competition is stiff as record shares of workers continue to quit and look for new jobs. Hiring managers, meanwhile, are looking for specific qualities that let them know a new employee will do well remotely.Luckily, there are a few straightforward ways to update your resume to stand out to recruiters hiring remote workers. Here’s what to keep in mind.Clearly state your previous remote or hybrid jobsThe most important thing a hiring manager wants to see is that you’ve worked remotely before, says Brie Reynolds, the career services manager at FlexJobs, a membership site that connects workers with remote jobs.If you’ve held a job that was fully remote or hybrid, make that designation easy to see for a recruiter scanning your resume, Reynolds says, like by including it as a parenthetical in the same line as your job title.Prioritize your remote-work experience with each roleWithin each…
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